Improvement in cotton-cultivator



w 4 u i N.PEYERS, PHOTELUTHOGRAPHER. wAsHlNGToN D c @Haltet .ndert 4% 0@zum l @than A. J. GOING, CLINTON, LOUISIANA.

Lenen Paten: No. 88,627, dated April 6, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN v COTTON-CULTIVATOR.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, A. J. GOING, of Clinton, in the county of EastFeliciana, and State of Louisiana, have invented a new and improvedCotton-Cultivator; andl I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable othersskilled in the art to make and use the same, `reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming part of this specication.

This invention relates to a new and improved ma-V chine for cultivatingcotton, scraping the earth at each `side of the rows of plants, andthrowing out the same, so asto leave suitable spaces between thestandingV plants, the scraping and oneropelation.

The object of the invention is to obtain a machine which will performthe work above stated in a thorough and perfect manner, and by a simplemechanism, which will not be `liable to get out of repair, or becomederanged by use.

In the accompanying sheet of drawings- Figure l is a -Side sectionalView of my invention, taken in the line a: x, li

Figure 2 is a front viewV ofthe Same.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

A represents the frame of the machine, which may be of rectangular orother suitable dimensions. g

At about the centre of this frame, there are attached two pendentstandards, B B, one at each side.

These standards are slightly inclined, and are conthrowingout being doneat nected, at their lower ends, to the front parts oi' horizontal bars,C, the rear ends of whichare connectedV to the lower ends of uprights,DD, into which the rear ends of the side-bars a la, of the frame A, areframed.` (See, more particularly, iig. l.)

E E represent two Scrapers, or shares, which are secured `to the ontends of the bars G and standards B, by bolts b, the latter' passingthrough vertical oblong Slots, c, in the Scrapers, and into bars O andstandards B.

In the upper parts of the Scrapers there are two curved slots, d d,which communicate with each other, by an opening, e, and through eitherof these slots a bolt, j, passes, into the standards B B.

The bolts f and slots (l el serve as guides for the Scrapers, and admitof a lateral adjusting movement from the bolts b, as centres, while thevertical oblong slots c admit of an upward and downward adjustingmovement of the scraper-S, so that the bolts f may work in either slot dofthe Scrapers.

The Scrapers have each a lever, E, attached, for the purpose ofadjustiugthe' Scrapers, said levers extending upward, within convenient reach ofthe driver,-or scat G, and the object in adjusting the Scrapers is tosuitable form, and o!" any- "attached to it by a bolt, r, which makethem conform to the surface of inclined ground, as, for instance, whenthe implement is at work on the sides of hills.

This will be fully understood by referring to lig. 2,

in which an inclined ground-Surface, and a proper ad- Ijustment of aScraper thereto, are indicated in red. T he front part of the machine issupported by a pair of small truck-wheels, g g, the axle of which has anupright spindle, h, attached, the spindle passing loosely up through abearing, i, Secured to the vunder side of the front part of the frame A,and also passing loosely into the front cross-bar, j, of the frame A.

This arrangement admits of the front part of the frame A being raised,when necessary, toV allow the ,Scrapers Eto pass over obstructions.

The frame A is thus raised by a bent lever, H, having its fnlcrum-pin,k, attached to the spindle h, as shown in lig. l, the front end of thelever acting against the under side of the cross-bar j of the frame,

and its rear end engaged, or held by hooks, l, in an upright, m, of theframe.

At the centre of the frame A, and behind the Scrapers E E, there is abar, I, which works onan axis, n, so as to have a lateral vibratorymovement, which is given it by a cam, J, on a transverse shaft, K, onframe A. l

This cam J is composed of azigzag groove, o, made circumferentially in acylinder, p, which is rotated by gears, L M, from the axle N, of therear and main wheels NX, of the machine.

The upper part of the bar I has a friction-roller, ax, i

attached,l Vwhich lits into the zigzag groove o.

The' lower part of the bar I has a cutter-stock, O, passes through anoblong upright slot,'s, in O, with the bar, a projec tion, t, from I,fitting in an upright slot, u, in O.

By this v:n-rangement the stock O, and, consequently, the cutter at itslower end, may be adjusted higher or lower, as desired.

The cutter, P, which .is attached to the lower end of O, is oftriangular form, and may be composed of one or more parts.

It will be seen, from the above description, that asa the machine isdrawn along, the Scrapers E E will scrape the earth at -each Side of therow of plants, while the laterally-vibrating cutter P will thin'out theplants.

I design, in practice, to have the boxes of the axle N,`of the wheels NXof the machine, adjustable, so that the gears L M may be made to markproperly. i

Having thus described my invention,

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patentv l 1. TheScrapers E, when adapted to be adjusted vertically and laterally uponthe standards B and horizontal bars C, by means of the vertical slats c,par- 3. The combination of the gearing L M, cam J, vibrating bar I, withitscutter-stock O, the Scrapers E E, and truck-wheels g g, all arrangedto operate in the manner substantially as and for the purpose specified.

A A. J. GOING. Witnesses:

CHARLES P. DELEE, JAMns NnsoM.

